Category Archives: Life in Switzerland

Coronavirus Autumn – “It all looks so normal…”

Posted on November 21, 2020 by

At eleven o’clock last Monday I was in our local medical centre, waiting for the lift after my appointment. It arrived and I stepped in, then noticed a tiny elderly lady – she must have been well over eighty, if … Continue reading →

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New Book News – when fate lends a hand…

Posted on October 31, 2020 by

It was sheer coincidence. A few weeks ago, I sat down at my pc one evening and opened up Facebook to see what was happening in the world according to my FB friends. First thing I saw was a post … Continue reading →

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Google searches this week…

Posted on October 9, 2020 by

The internet is a blessing when you’re writing a book. I often wonder how writers managed before the www was part of daily life. For your main research, it’s usually more helpful to go and look at whatever you need … Continue reading →

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(Sort of) Silent Sunday…

Posted on September 27, 2020 by

This is the year of things we can’t do, places we can’t go. Some things you know you miss, others – like this – you only realise you miss them when you see them on a Facebook video and wonder, … Continue reading →

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(Coronavirus) summer scenes…

Posted on August 23, 2020 by

To say that springtime 2020 was different to other springs is an understatement, considering we spent most of it in full coronavirus lockdown. Now it’s summer, and while some restrictions have been relaxed, we are still in the middle of … Continue reading →

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Yarn-bombed in Switzerland – part 2

Posted on July 19, 2020 by

A couple of weeks ago I was on Sharon Booth’s lovely blog, with a selection of photos from this summer’s yarn-bomb trail in our town – click HERE to see the post and pics. Since then, I’ve walked round the … Continue reading →

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(Almost) Silent Sunday…

Posted on June 21, 2020 by

The trees by the harbour have been yarn-bombed with positivity:(The words you can see are listed in English at the bottom of the post.) (Cool, in love, heartfelt, happy, magnificent, optimistic, thankful, charming, heavenly, proud, recovered, fantastic, hopeful, pretty, festive, … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus Spring…

Posted on May 3, 2020 by

We’ll be talking about 2020 for the rest of our lives – ironic, because all we really want to do is forget it ever happened and ‘get back to normal’. But Those Who Know are talking about ‘the new normal’, … Continue reading →

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The Writing Life: 5 things on my desk…

Posted on February 9, 2020 by

Around ninety-five per cent of my writing is done at my desk. It’s not a very tidy desk, but it’s at a window overlooking a wood, so the view is spectacular in all seasons. On the photo, taken from my … Continue reading →

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Coming soon – book nine. 📘 And two goodbyes…

Posted on February 2, 2020 by

Who was it said that writing a book is a marathon and not a sprint? Two or three years ago, an idea started jogging around in my head. A couple of news stories had been hitting the headlines, about people … Continue reading →

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